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Leo found himself laying in bed after another long day. This day, however, felt particularly and tortuously prolonged. Maybe it was because he had actually agreed to watching another movie with Missy after the first two. What was he thinking? The whole day was whittled away, giving him little time to go over and organize his collection of lures. Whatever, all that mattered now was that she wasn’t watching television all night, bringing him some peace, or it would matter if he could get to sleep.

“Psst, hey,” Missy whispered. “You awake?”

Leo stared up at the ceiling. “Yes.” Even if he shouldn’t be.

“How?”

“What do you mean ‘how’?”

“You’re usually out like a light in a few minutes.”

That was a good question. “Probably because I still feel like I should be doing something. I wasted my time watching movies instead.”

“I thought you had fun.”

Leo mulled over that for a second. It wasn’t like it was a painful experience. “Maybe.”

“So what’s the problem?”

“The problem is it wasn’t productive.”

“You need to relax once in a while.”

“That’s how I relax.”

“You wanna know how I relax?”

“You rot in bed and watch television?”

“Sometimes.” Missy rolled over to Leo’s side. “And sometimes I get a little touch, down there.”

Leo turned onto his side, away from Missy. “Why are you bringing this up?”

“I was just thinking, maaaaaybe we could both do something productive!”

He draped an arm over his eyes. “Missy, the last thing I want to do is touch you.”

“That’s not what you said when we were slicing that chicken.” She patted his back. “I mean, I used those hands to—”

“Don’t. Don’t say it.”

Missy chuckled. “Alright, alright, sorry.” She scooted away. “It was just too easy.” Leo breathed a sigh of relief and closed his eyes. The thought of getting away from here as fast as possible helped to speed along his trip to dreamland. “It’s kinda hard with the claw—”

“Missy!”

“OK, OK.” There was a long pause. Leo thought he might actually be free for a moment. “Can I ask you a question?” He wasn’t.

“What is it?”

“Do you do that?”

“What?” Leo asked.

“You know, jerk off?” Leo forced his arm into his face more. “I remember I could smell it a lot on the last guys I lived with, but you’ve got nothing.” Gross.

“You asked your question, Missy. Good night.” Didn’t say she’d get an answer.

Missy hummed. “Alright. Good night.”

_

“Hey, Leo, wake up,” an annoying voice urged. Leo opened his eyes to that familiar wall and realized it was gonna be another slow day. A few seconds later his alarm went off. A black, gangly hand reached over him to shut it off. “Leo, it’s morning now.”

“I can see that.” Leo rubbed his eyes. “What do you want, Missy?”

“I thought we’d watch a movie with breakfast!” She placed a hand on his shoulder and gently shook him. “Whaddya say?”

“With breakfast? Missy, I’d be done eating before the movie is even halfway done.” He sat up with a groan. Leo’s head was pounding. Must’ve had a terrible night. That was probably true, knowing Missy. He looked back to see Missy with that trademark wicked smile and already swaddled in his old robe. “How long have you been up?”

“At least a few hours now. You know, you don’t snore. It’s weird. I thought all guys snored, but like, when I was watching you, you were entirely quiet.”

Leo turned away. No wonder his head was throbbing. His instincts were probably screaming for him to run far, far away. “Don’t watch me while I sleep. Thanks.”

“Well what else did you want me to do? I didn’t wanna turn on the TV and interrupt your dreams.” She crawled over and sat down next to Leo. “So, what do you say to another movie?”

“Why do you want to watch another movie? Aren’t you sick of them?” Leo stretched and twisted his back, wincing upon hearing a particularly loud crack. He wasn’t working that hard, was he? Not working hard enough, more like. “You watch them every single night.”

“Nope! Not last night!”

“Well, every other night.” He stood up and went through the motions of the day. “Look, you can watch a movie if you want but I’m tired of them for now, alright?”

“I just uh, wanted to do something together.”

Leo turned to look at her again. “What?”

“What?”

“You want to do something with me?” He furrowed his brow. “What’s the catch?”

“C’mon, no catch. I just figure, ya know, old friends, livin’ together, probably forever, I thought it’d be good if we did stuff together!” She tilted her head and shrugged.

Leo decided not to shatter her dreams of leeching off of him forever. “We have to do something we both like, Missy.”

“Not true, couples do things one them don’t like.”

“I can see the mistake now, Missy. We’re not a couple.” He glanced at the bed. Well, despite literally all the evidence saying otherwise. Leo pointed at himself. “I’m a guy.” He pointed to Missy. “You’re a monster.” He then pointed up. “We live under a roof.”

“So that’s it then, you don’t like me because I’m not human, huh?” She raised her hands and bared her teeth. “Rawr.”

“That’s not it.” Leo tossed a towel over his shoulder and shook his head. “You really have a long way to go, Missy.” That was as lightly as he could put it.

Missy lowered her arms. “So you’re saying I have a chance, huh?” She nibbled on a claw. “That’s good to hear.”

“When hell freezes over, give me a call, OK?” Leo walked out into the hallway.

“Should be easy! Being a monster, I have an express HOT-line to Satan.”

“Work on your jokes too while you’re at it.” Into the bathroom.

“Oh, c’mon, Lion! That was a good one!” And shut the bathroom door. Soon there was a knock on the door. “Hey, Leo, I got an idea.”

Leo peeled that bandage off from the day before and tossed it out. “What is it Missy?” He almost expected the wound to keep bleeding. Probably some weird monster thing she had, but no, it had healed nicely.

“Look, I was browsing the internet yesterday and found this really, really, really cool video.”

“Yeah?” He wiped down where the cut was.

“OK, no, it was actually super boring, but I think it would be fun if we did it together!” She tapped on the door.

“Is it something you think is fun or are you just screwing around?”

“It’ll be fun. You know how your computer sucks now?”

“Because of you? Yeah, go on.”

“Ugh, well, I was thinking we could make a computer! You know, like LEGO.”

Leo splashed water on his face to really wake himself up. “Missy, I’m gonna guess you don’t actually know the first thing about making a computer. Is that right?”

“Well duh, but we can look it up. Like you said—” she cleared her throat and put on a stupid mocking voice “—the Internet has limitless knowledge.”

“No, I said the computer has limitless knowledge.”

“Same thing.”

“Where are you gonna use the internet now?”

“Your phone. Where else?”

“I’m not letting you touch my phone.”

“C’mon, we could learn together then.” There was a pause. “You did want me to improve myself, right? What better way than to learn how to do something like that?”

“Because one, I really don’t think you’re gonna follow through with it, and two, I’ve got better things I could be doing.”

“It’ll still be your computer, and c’mon, you can just stop if I don’t ‘follow through’ with it.” Leo supposed she was right there. The work computer did do just about everything he needed, but it would be good to do something from home once in a while, especially if something came up. Not to mention he actually did occasionally like to watch a video or two on it. “I’d like an answer this year, please!”

“Alright, fine, but this is entirely on you.” And his hard earned cash for the rest. Shouldn’t cause too much of a dent. He hoped.

“Cool, cool! I’m thinking we—”

“Not now, Missy, I need to take a shower.”

“Oh, yeah, OK.”

_

After refreshing himself with a warm shower, Leo redressed and braced himself for the monster outside the door. He opened the door, and yep, she was there. “So like I was saying, we could find out the parts we need, watch the videos, and then assemble it!”

“Couldn’t you have picked a better time to talk about this?” Leo asked as he headed back to his room.

“It’s not like you’re busy doing anything now, right? I thought I’d catch you early before you start feeding the birds or hammering the walls or whatever.” She rushed over to his side as he put on his pants. “Hey! We could start right now!” Leo pulled away.

“Shouldn’t you be figuring out what the best position to sleep in is?”

Missy frowned. “No, that’s boring.”

“Why do you really want to do this, Missy? If it’s gonna be my computer I really rather you didn’t touch it at all.” He slipped on a shirt and straightened it out. “You just want another thing to mess with, right? I’m right, aren’t I?”

“Can’t I just want to do something with a friend?” she replied simply.

Leo considered her words for a moment. The way she said that didn’t sit right with him. It sounded honest for one, or at least lacked any obvious trickery, which unsettled him somewhat. “You think it’s going to be fun?”

“Anything is fun with friends, isn’t it?”

Hm. “Well, you could always help me around the house. Should be fun, right?” He raised his eyebrows.

Missy held up a finger. “Let me put a huge asterisk on that.”

“Yeah, I thought so.” He looked down at the ground, then back up to Missy. “Not gonna back out on this?”

“Nope.” Missy vigorously shook her head.

Leo sighed. This was either the start of something good, or absolutely terrible. He reached into his pocket and fished out his phone. Missy’s eyes instantly lit up. He held it out, then pulled it back as Missy swiped at it. “You don’t do anything except figure out how to put a computer together, alright?” Leo rolled his eyes. “I know you’re going to screw around anyways. Just don’t mess with any of my stuff, and the second I get a phone call, you bring it right back to me. Got it?”

Missy nodded and held out her hands.

“Got it?” Leo said again.

“Yes, yes, I got it!” Leo placed the device in her hands. She held onto it tightly and looked up at Leo. “Aren’t you gonna help me with it, though?”

“I need to do at least one thing around the house or I’m gonna lose it.” He shrugged. “Plus, I’ll make sure you actually stick to it without me.” Not that he exactly knew what went into a computer himself, but if she actually bothered to do the research, he could learn a thing or two from her. That’ll be the day, huh?

“I’m not gonna let you down!”

“We’ll see,” Leo replied. Missy scampered off and hopped onto the bed. Leo watched her get to work. He expected her to struggle with the phone, and was promptly surprised to see her easily navigate it. No doubt she had years of experience wasting time on those little bricks. She had placed it in front of her, holding it steady with one hand while diligently swiping away at it with the other. Leo gave a silent prayer, then went off on his task for the day. It was going to be a little bit harder to do knowing he actually willingly gave an expensive object to Missy.